Para Bowls New Zealand

A big warm WELCOME to our new member Regan Williams from the Te Puke Bowling Club. Great to have you on board Regan and hope we can all meet up with you at the Nationals. It is great to have you join our very friendly Para Bowls organisation

Serena Bonnell and her team are proud to announce the inaugural Hawks Blue Ribbon Singles - which will be the world’s largest Para Singles event.
Put it in your diary and get your entries in now. Open to all Kiwis with a classification.
This will be a an outstanding event.

Congratulations Snow - Canterbury Para Player of the year.
Great article - Well done.

NATIONALS ….It is that time of year when we need to know entries for our Para Nationals.
The format is different this year and on Thursday 7th Nov the finals of the Singles and Pairs will be live streamed while at the same time the Bowls3Five Triples will be played.
Entries for the triples will be taken on the Wednesday of the tournament after we know who will be in the finals of the Singles and Pairs… please fill in and return form to Pam Walker

A big welcome to our new member 'Womble' Giles. Womble is coming to our Nationals so you will all be able to meet him soon. We know you, Womble, will enjoy being part of our very friendly group.

Welcome to our new member Darrell (Womble) Giles from the KiaToa Bowling Club in Timaru.
Womble was Classified today at the
Dunedin Stadium by our two National classifiers Margaret & Bruce.

Hello everyone. There are 2 weeks left to get your Nationals questionnaire back to Pam. Close off date is June 3rd. This is so we know who is coming or not.

We would like to extend a warm welcome to our new member Lawrence Wickliffe of the Waihi Bowling Club. Welcome Lawrence and we look forward to meeting you soon

OZ OPEN
If anyone is thinking of heading to OZ in June for the OPEN remember that you will need a NZ National confirmed classification to enter the Para events. Once you have that you can be seen at the OZ Open by the Australian classifiers to receive your international grading before you competing

A big warm welcome to Tricia Bruce of the Massey Avenue Bowling Club in Lower Hutt. We look forward to meeting you Tricia and know you will enjoy the friendly camaraderie of our group

A very big welcome to Margaret, our new medical classifier. Margaret lives in Dunedin and has been recently certified in Australia as our new medical classifier. Congratulations Margaret.
We will all get to meet Margaret when she attends our Nationals in November.
The IBD is tightening up on classifications and there will be no more Provisionals done over the phone. All new members wanting to be classified must see Margaret - medical classifier and Bruce - technical classifier in person.

NZ Para Nationals are in Christchurch for 2024
Our dates are confirmed for our Nationals.
Arrival day Nov3rd
Departure day Nov 8th.
We are delighted to have Papanui Bowls Club in Sawyers Arms Road as our host Club. We will be using Morrison Ave green as our 3rd green for the Singles on Mon 4th.
Everyone will need a confirmed classification to play in our Nationals. Classifications will be carried out on Nov 3rd - before play starts. If you are needing to be classified, remember to book your flight so you can arrive early on Sunday.

Congratulations and welcome to our new NZ medical classifier - Margaret Charles.

Well done everyone… great turn out over the 9 sessions

International women’s day

Well done Lloyd Sinton 👏

Post section mixed pairs… a lovely day in New Plymouth and fantastic bowls being played

Mixed pairs day one… well done to everyone today… excellent results …bring on day two. Let’s go …4 wins

Good luck everyone… but especially Graham… go well, roll well.

Well played Para ladies… great game

Good fun on day one

Well played Paritutu

Is that a sneaky practice

Check out some of the games live

Good luck and safe travels to everyone heading to the NZ national 4s and mixed pairs in New Plymouth. See you on the greens tomorrow.

Be great to see you there… check the draw if you are coming to find where you are playing